Bug 45113 - utmp is not cleaned up if client quits improperly
Summary: utmp is not cleaned up if client quits improperly
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Raw Hide
Classification: Retired
Component: openssh
Version: 1.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Nalin Dahyabhai
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Reported: 2001-06-20 09:56 UTC by Olivier Baudron
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-08-16 18:22:28 UTC
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Description Olivier Baudron 2001-06-20 09:56:22 UTC 
The problem is with openssh-server-2.9p1-3gss and 2.9p2.

To reproduce the bug:
* open an ssh2 session (e.g: ssh -l guest localhost)
* send SIGTERM to the xterm holding this session
* type "who" on the server and notice that the client pts/ is still there

So the ssh server improperly cleans /var/run/utmp.
The problem is that, it can completly messes up the logs on the system.
Also note, that if you quit the session with ALT-D, everything works fine.
Comment 1 Olivier Baudron 2001-08-16 18:22:24 UTC 
This is fixed in openssh cvs.
Comment 2 Olivier Baudron 2001-11-14 14:56:35 UTC 
Now, fixed in openssh-3.0p1-1.
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